Author: Gary C. Daniels

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Yaupon Brothers Native American Tea

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Gary C. Daniels asi, Black Drink, yaupon

Did you know that Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S. invented the first energy drink thousands of years ago? The

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Princess Ulele Statue Removed

September 22, 2018September 22, 2018 Gary C. Daniels ulele, uleyli

Editor’s Note: As fate would have it, just as I’m finishing up my children’s book Uleyli: The Princess & Pirate

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A New Religious Cult in 7th Century Florida?

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Gary C. Daniels Swift Creek, Weeden Island

Sometime in the seventh century AD Florida’s native people’s transitioned from producing Swift Creek pottery to Weeden Island pottery. How

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DNA Reveals New, Unknown Ancestors of Early Native Americans

September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 Gary C. Daniels migrations

The latest research shows a heretofore unknown lineage of Native Americans called the Ancient Beringians that eventually went extinct.

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Toltecs and Cahokia

April 15, 2018 Gary C. Daniels America-Mexico Connection, Cahokia, Long Distance Trade

Was the ancient Native American metropolis of Cahokia built or inspired by the Toltec empire of Central Mexico? That’s the

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Etowah Elites from Cahokia

November 18, 2017November 18, 2017 Gary C. Daniels Cahokia, Etowah Mounds, Georgia, Georgia Mississippian Period, Long Distance Trade, Maya

In 2004 I argued that the site of Etowah Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia was inhabited by elites from Cahokia, a

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Pyramids in the Everglades?

October 22, 2017October 22, 2017 Gary C. Daniels Florida-Maya Connection

Eyewitness accounts of ancient stone ruins and pyramids in the Everglades and other locations in South Florida are investigated in

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Tulum’s Mayan Lighthouse

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Gary C. Daniels Chontal Maya, Long Distance Trade, Maritime Maya, Poton Maya, Putun Maya

The Putun/Poton Maya were Central America’s most advanced mariners. They controlled coastal trade around the entire Yucatan peninsula down to

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Maya Trade with Cuba and Florida?

October 10, 2017 Gary C. Daniels America-Mexico Connection, Florida-Maya Connection, Long Distance Trade, Maritime Maya, Maya

In his research article “Yucatan Channel and Trade,” researcher Ronald Canter compiled the best available evidence of trade contacts between

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Network of Ancient Canals in Florida

September 22, 2017 Gary C. Daniels America-Mexico Connection, canals, Florida, Florida-Maya Connection, Long Distance Trade

The Ortona Mounds site in the Lake Okeechobee region of Florida features a network of canals for canoe travel: The

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Ancient Indian Canal in Naples, FL

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 Gary C. Daniels

Native Americans in Florida built an extensive canal network for canoe travel. The only other such network of canals is

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Mayan Super Highways?

January 9, 2017January 9, 2017 Gary C. Daniels Long Distance Trade, Maya

Ancient Maya developed super highways network more than 1,000 years ago   Roads of more than 240 kilometers long designed,

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